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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow
Paperback
Publication Date: 07/08/2017

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Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.

Few figures in American history are more controversial than Alexander Hamilton. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political and economic power of America today is the result of Hamilton's willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe and Burr; his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds; his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza; and the notorious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804.

This book was adapted into a hugely successful Broadway musical - nominated for a record 16 Tony awards and winner of 11 - opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre in November 2017.

ISBN:
9781786690036
9781786690036
Category:
Biography: historical
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
07-08-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
228x147x53mm
Weight:
0.83kg
Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Washington: A Life (2011). Alexander Hamilton and Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., were both nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography.

Chernow lives in New York.

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